The vivarium rack build info is well enough along that I feel OK about declaring it live. You can click here to get to it; it’s also linked on the right under Pages.
Fun with the macro lens
Something I’m trying to get better at. Clicking on the photos will embiggen maximally.
Sarracenia (Judith Hindle?) bud.
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An odd caterpillar (but then again, aren’t they all?).
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Cypripedium acaule – Pink Ladyslipper or Moccasin Flower.
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Nerdism
I realize this is not the sort of display behavior that brings all the girls to the yard lek, but I’m OK with that. I yam what I yam, as a famous mariner once said. From back to front – fancy Swiss aquarium filter foam scraps I’m saving for God knows what reason, an envelope full of Blubberbot, on top of the bot – a transmitter for (next thing down) a remote bownet release and finally an aquarium controller that is tasked with turning the lights over the vivaria on and off.
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I’m messing around with a macro lens – also trying out an extension tube that will allow me even closer shots, but I haven’t gotten as far as the extension yet. I need to work on depth of field; in olden times that meant shrinking the aperture/cranking up the f-stop with an attendant longer exposure time (if I remember correctly). Some thing may have changed as we switched from film to CCDs, but I’ll bet optics remain much the same.
A bamboo shoot
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A tree peony
Busy, busy
I’ve been doing a lot of vivarium work – I plan on posting construction details within a month.
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And quite a bit of dog training – Dinah’s retrieve work is coming along.
Additionally some (heterogeneous) reading:
Categorize this, NSA!
In the on deck circle – refreshing my soldering skills (is it true that US English is the only variant not to pronounce the ‘l’?). Component to printed circuit board soldering, that is.